wyliepoon
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From the Transit Museum in Brooklyn, I took the 'G' subway train, then changed to the famous '7' train to get to Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.
The '7' train, a.k.a. the "International Express", runs through the ethnically diverse neighbourhoods of Queens. I got first hand experience of this when a mariachi duet made an appearance on my train...
I wanted to go see the Panorama, the huge New York City model in the Queens Museum of Art at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Unfortunately the museum closed just before I arrived. Fortunately there were other attractions in the park... the Unisphere and the New York State Pavilion.
Between the park and Willets Point-Shea Stadium subway station is Corona Yard, where the '7' subway trains are stored. The last of the famous "Redbird" trains can be seen here. Great views of the trains from the pedestrian bridge over the yard.
Views of Shea Stadium, the current home of MLB's New York Mets, and Citi Field, the home of the Mets next season. The stadiums are located in a sea of parking. Although Citi Field borders a street in the outfield, on the other side of the street is a strip of car repair shops.
The eastern end of the '7' subway line is Flushing-Main Street, which is in the middle of what apparently is New York City's largest Chinatown, even bigger than the more familiar one in Manhattan. It certainly looks very busy, just like the one in Toronto, but with narrower sidewalks, the density of pedestrians is higher than Dundas and Spadina.
In the days after the opening of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, almost all the TV screens in Flushing showed replays of the Opening Ceremonies. Pirated DVDs of the Opening Ceremonies were the hottest items on sale while I was there.
Some shots of Manhattan's version of Chinatown, and Little Italy right next to it, in the Lower East Side.
The '7' train, a.k.a. the "International Express", runs through the ethnically diverse neighbourhoods of Queens. I got first hand experience of this when a mariachi duet made an appearance on my train...
I wanted to go see the Panorama, the huge New York City model in the Queens Museum of Art at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Unfortunately the museum closed just before I arrived. Fortunately there were other attractions in the park... the Unisphere and the New York State Pavilion.
Between the park and Willets Point-Shea Stadium subway station is Corona Yard, where the '7' subway trains are stored. The last of the famous "Redbird" trains can be seen here. Great views of the trains from the pedestrian bridge over the yard.
Views of Shea Stadium, the current home of MLB's New York Mets, and Citi Field, the home of the Mets next season. The stadiums are located in a sea of parking. Although Citi Field borders a street in the outfield, on the other side of the street is a strip of car repair shops.
The eastern end of the '7' subway line is Flushing-Main Street, which is in the middle of what apparently is New York City's largest Chinatown, even bigger than the more familiar one in Manhattan. It certainly looks very busy, just like the one in Toronto, but with narrower sidewalks, the density of pedestrians is higher than Dundas and Spadina.
In the days after the opening of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, almost all the TV screens in Flushing showed replays of the Opening Ceremonies. Pirated DVDs of the Opening Ceremonies were the hottest items on sale while I was there.
Some shots of Manhattan's version of Chinatown, and Little Italy right next to it, in the Lower East Side.